Jeweler&#39;s imitation-gem-display book



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JEWELERS IMI TATION GEM DISPLAY BOOK Filed May 9, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR I Char/e: o'muno' Everard,-

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[N V E N T OR Char/es Edmund E/emrd A TTORI'VE Y Patented Apr. '23, 1929.

UNITED. STATES.

- cHARLEs EDMUND EvERARD, F PASADENA, EALIFORNIAQ JEWELERS IMITATION-GEM-DISPLAY BOCK.

Application filed May 9, 1927. Serial No 189,934.

My invention relates to and has for its purpose the provision of a jewelers advertising novelty for the instructive and ornamental display of inexpensive but effective stones in imitation of precious and semiprecious stones, my invention being inthe form of a book or pamphlet, the leaves of which are provided with the imitation stones and apertures so correlated that as each leaf is displayed from the topmost leaf downward the stones of all'of the leaves therebcneath as well as the stone or stones attached to the leaf displayed will be exposed to view. My invention in itspresent embodiment comprises a book including twelve leaves 'each provided with a stone in imitation of one of the birthstones for the twelve calendar months, a pictorial representation of a piece of jewelry to provide an attractive setting for each stone and a legend suitable to each stone imprinted on each leaf. The book also includes a cover leaf, which together with the other twelve leaves is formed with apertures through which the stones on all of the' leaves are exposed to view when the book is closed, thus producing a highly ornamental and artistic advertising novelty.

I will describe only one form of jewelers imitation gem display book embodying my- Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 5- showing the-reverse side of the mounting; Figures 8, 9, 10and 11 are sectional views taken on the lines 8-8, 9-9, 1010 and 1111 of Figure 1 respectively;

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in each of the several views.

Referring specifically to the drawings, my invention, in its present embodiment, comprises a book or pamphlet, the leaves of which may be of paper or any other suitable material ,to permit the permanent attaching of stones n imitation of precious or semiprecious stones to each leaf. In the present instance the leaves are constructed of paper and there are twelve such leaves L not including a cover leaf C. Attached to each leaf L is a stones, in imitation of a precious or semi-precious stone, a conventional form of mounting M being provided for the purpose and its mode of application clearly'illustrated in Figures 5, 6 and 7. With this mounting the stone is permently attached to the leaf so as to be displayed at the upper side of the lea-f.

As illustrated in Figures 2, 3, and 4, the pictorial representation of a piece of jewelry is imprinted or otherwise affixed to the upper surface of the corresponding leaf to provide a setting for the stone and thus illustrate the attractiveness of the'stone when set. Suitable descriptive matter ofthe particular stone may be printed on each leaf.

As previously described there are twelve leaves L, and the stones attached thereto are in imitation of the birthstone of the twelve calendar months. The printed matter on each page may be headed by the respective month which the birthstone represents, and

the matter may also include the name of the stone and a suitable legend, as illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4.

The twelve leaves L as well as the cover.

leaf C are formed with apertures A for the purpose of exposing to view all of the stones on the leaves beneath any particular leaf displayed, while the apertures of .the cover leaf expose to view the stones on all of the leaves when the book is closed as illustrated in Figure 1.

To accomplish this result and in such manner that consecutive reference to the leaves L will display the birthstones in proper calendar order, the'stone S for the uppermost leaf is positioned to form the'first stoneof the uppermost horizontal row. The

other two stones ofthe uppermost row are attached to the next two leaves thereb'eneath as clearly illustrated in Figure 8, while the first two leaves are apertured as illustrated to expose to one viewing the uppermost leaves the stones of the second and third leaves. As illustrated in Figures 9, 10 and 11, the remaining leaves are aperturncd and provided with stones in the same manner as described in the first three leaves, it, of course, being understood that the bottommost leaf L is not apertured. By this,arrangement 'of stones and apertures, the leaves as consecutively referred to from the top-' most leaf inwardly Will successfully display scribed only one form of jewelers imitation gem display book embodying-my invention, 1t- 1s to be understood that varlous changes 1 and modifications may be made herein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A jewelers gem display book having a plurality of leaves provided with registering openings therethrough, with each succeeding leaf from the topmost leaf downward having one less opening than the leaf immediately above, and being adapted to 1133 8 a'stone secured thereto in the place of the omitted opening to be exposed to view from the topmost leaf throughthe openings in the leaves above when the leaves are in superposed relation, and as each leaf is turned from the topmost leaf downward, the stones on all the leaves therebeneath as well as the stone on the particular leaf displayed, will-1.

be exposed to view. v

' 2. A jewelers gem display book having a plurality of leaves, all the leaves except the lowermost leaf having registering openings therethrough, the number of which decrease by one on each succeeding leaf from the top leaf, and beingadapted to have a stone secured thereto in the place of the omitted opening to be exposed to view from the top- I most leaf through the openings in the leaves above when the leaves are in superposed relation, and as each leaf is turned from the topmost leaf downward. the stones on all the leaves therebeneath as well as the stone on the particular leaf displayed, will be exposed to view.

3. A jewelers gem display book having leaf from the cover leaf downward decreasing in number by one from the number of openings in the leaf immediately above and being adapted to have abirthstone secured thereto in the place of the omitted opening to be exposed to view from the cover leaf through the openings in the leaves above when the cover leaf and leaves are in super- 7 posed relation,,and as each leaf is turned from the cover leaf downward, the birth stones on all leaves beneath as well as the birthstone on the particular leaf displayed will be exposed to view.

4. A jewelers gem display book having a plurality of leaves provided with registering openings therethrough, the openings in the leaves decreasing in number from the topmost leafdownward, and the succeeding leaves from the topmost leaf being adapted to have stones secured thereto in place of'the omitted openings, to be exposed to view through the openings in the leaves above when the leaves are in superposed relation, and as each leaf is turned from the topmost leaf downward,'the stones on all the leaves therebeneath as well as on the leaves being displayed, will be exposed to view.

CHARLES EDMUND EVERARD. 

